Suspender-end



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F. B. SPOONER.

SUSPENDER BND.

. Patented Nov. s, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK B. SPOONER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SUSPENDER-END.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,820, dated November 8, 1887.

Application filed May 9, 1887. SerialNo. 237,551. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK B. SPooNER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of'Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvcments'in Suspender Ends or Attachments, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to suspender ends or attachments, whereby the Suspenders are secured to the buttons of pantaloons or other garments.

rlhe object of the invention is to produce at small cost a device for the purpose stated, which shall possess sufficient elasticity to compensate for the absence of rubber or other elastic means usually employed in the manufacture of Suspenders, and which will enable the Suspenders to readily adapt themselves to the movements of the body of the wearer.-

The invention is hereinafter described, and the claims at the end of this specification dene the features of novelty for which protection is desired.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and in which like features are indicated by like letters of reference, Figure 1 is a front elevation of one embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2is an elevation, partly in perspective, of another embodiment of the invention; and Fig. 3 shows the manner of applyingl the attachment to the back of the Suspenders.

Referring to the drawings, a indicates a spring device, preferably of brass, and which is of suliicient strength and rigidity to take up any strain to which it might be subjected in the movements of' the body of the person wearing Suspenders to which this device is attached.

In Fig. 1 the letter b indicates the suspender, which is looped through the spring device a, and secured thereto by the slide c, of the usual construction. In this figure (l) the spring devicea has its depending arms d provided with housings e, preferably of the form shown, and adapted to receive the continuous cord, tape, or like device, f, in manner illustrated in said figure. The ends of said continuous cord are provided with means, g, for securing the same to garments. The loops or housings e, Fig. 1,

' are made of sheet metal or other suitable material and secured to the arms d by any desirable method, preferably a hinged connection.

In Fig. 3, h t' indicate the suspender-straps at the point where they are connected at the back. In this view, la indicates a metallic loop or ring, which may be more or less elongated, to which the suspender-straps may be secured or through which they are passed for adjustment.

rIhe spring device a in Fig. 2 is connected to the loop k by a ring, Z, which may also be more or less elongated. By this arrangement a metallic hinged joint is effected between the suspender -straps and the spring device a, thereby preventing the destruction of the straps by the rubbing action to which they might be subjected if attached directly to said spring device. The loop lserves the further function of strengthening the spring device 'ct at its upper horizontal bend, thereby enabling the employment of lighter wire in the construction of said spring device than could otherwise be the case. Of course, if desired, the loops la Z may be dispensed with and the suspender secured directly to the spring device a, as shown in Fig. l.

The spring device a will be formed in any desirable shape best calculated to give good results, and its arms d will preferably be turned at an angle to the body of the device, as shown.

In some instances it maybe found desirable to employ pulleys, sheaves, or rollers n, secured within the housings, loops, or eyes of the arms d of the spring device. These rollers may be of any suitable shape, and may be combined with the spring-arms by various means.

rIhe continuous cord, tape, or analogous flexibledevice, f, operates the same in the several constructions. When a pull is exerted upon the continuous cord or the like, the spring device a not only yields by reason of its4 inherent elasticity, but there is a slight lengthening or elongation of the attachment, due to the movement of the ends of the arms d of said spring device a toward the vertical axis of the attachment; and at the same time, during the approach of said arms d toward each other, that portion of the cord f which is IOO between said arms is shortened and the slack taken up, producing a considerable lengthening of the entire structure.

My attachment affords a yielding resistance at all times, and it readily accommodates itself to any position that the body of the wearer may assume.

By pivoting the sheetmetal loops to the arms d of the spring device,whereby said loops are adapted to swing laterally on the arms, I provide greater freedom of movement than could be obtained if the connection between the loops and arms were a rigid one.

I am aware that spring devices have heretofore been employed for connecting suspenderends to the webbing; but I do not claim such feature, broadly.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. rIhe spring device for Suspenders, coniprising flexible arms and means, substantially as described, for connecting the suspenderweb, in combination with sheet-metal loops pivoted to the extremities of said arms and adapted to swing laterally thereon, and a continuous cord having buttoning means at its ends and passing through and (5o-operating with both of said pivoted loops, substantially as set forth.

2. A suspender-end with means, substan tially as described, for securing the same to thesuspenderwveb, and provided with springarms d, having at their ends sheet-metal loops provided with segmental tubes attached to the arms, and a continuous cord having buttonhole tabs adapted to render through the loops, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 16th day of April, A. D. 1887.

FREDERICK B. SPOGNER.

VitnessQs:

J. E. M. BOWEN, WM. L. MURRAY. 

